‘Water risk at Grenfell’
FIREFIGHTERS who used water to fight the Grenfell Tower inferno could have made a tragic mistake, an expert has told the Government’s inquiry.
Professor Les Woodcock said water would have reacted with aluminium in the block’s cladding to intensify the fire.
And he told how carbon dioxide foam should have been used to tackle the North London blaze, in which 72 people died in June 2017.
The thermodynamics expert added: “Water should never again be sprayed on fires when the material is all or part aluminium.”
He also claims that all flats with cladding should have CO2 extinguishers.
London Fire Brigade declined to comment on Prof Woodcock’s evidence.
A BRITISH neuroscientist who helped pinpoint the cause of migraines believes a cure will be found.
Professor Peter Goadsby, of King’s College London, is one of four experts to share The Brain Prize, worth over £1million.
Their find that a biological mechanism causes blood vessels to open and cause pain led to a range of drugs to ease symptoms.
Prof Goadsby says migraine is a reversible problem, adding: “Not everyone responds to the medicine – but we are on the road to stopping it in many.”
BRITAIN’S prison population is set to rise to 100,000 over the next five years because there will be more police to arrest criminals.
The number of people behind bars will grow from the 79,000 now to 89,000 next year – and could hit 100,100 in 2025, according to Ministry of Justice computer forecasts.
The prediction is based on plans to hire an extra 23,400 police officers and courts returning to normal after the Covid crisis.
The number of children in custody is expected to double to 700 and women prisoners will rise to 4,500.
Shadow Crime Prevention minister Bambos Charalambous said: “The projected figures are shocking.
“If they plan to have 100,000 criminals locked up, how many more victims of crime will there be?”